Improvement in shirt-collars



.I. U. WALL KL C. LUDINGTUN.

Shirt Collars.

N0. 64,617. Patente'dJunel5 J875.

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JOHN C. \VALL AND COLA LUDINGTON, OF WASHINGTON, D. O.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHlRT-COLLARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No- 164,6R7, dated June 15,1875; application filed May 26, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN G. WALL and COLA LUDINGTON, of Washington, inthe District of Oolumbia,have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Mens Shirt-Collars; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

All men are sensible of the delays in putting on and the discomfort inwearing the collars, both linen and paper, as now made. Their tendencyis to become broken and crumpled while being fastened by thethroat-button; and when their adjustment to the neck has beenaccomplished they annoy the wearer, unless, indeed, he eschews a neatfit and encircles his neck with a collar much too large; nor will thecollars in use at present conform to the out of the shirt-band, sincelow-cut shirts require different collars from those out high. Ourinvention is designed to remedy these defects and others, which will behereinafter mentioned, and to ofier to the trade and the public anarticle in every way desirable and agreeable. To this end we haveinvented a collar in which the front laps at the tie are cut at theirtop junction or approach to each other so as to permit of a freemovement in a greater arc upon their pivot-connecting button, wherebyour purpose is effected, as and in the manner hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a view in perspectiveof a shirtcollar embracing our improvement, and Fig. 2 a similar view ofthe ordinary shirt-collar now in use.

At the top junction or approach of the shirtcollar in use at presenttime the laps A of the collar meet and so confine any movement of thecollar ends upon the fastening-button b, which acts as a pivot uponwhich said collar ends turn or move in a very confined arc. Hence, atight-fitting collar is liable to grasp or pinch the skin of the throatby its aproaching edges. Our improvement consists in cutting the outsideof each lap at the above-described junction, as indicated by the dottedlines in Fig. 2, or they may be cut differently and form adifi'erent-shaped opening, as may be desired, so that when the collar isfastened there will be formed a semi-elliptical opening, B, in theoutside, baring the band 0 of the collar. The collar thus made willconform to the shirt-band whether said band be out high or low. The bowor tie does not, as hitherto, bulge or break the collar at its greatestpoint of bearing. It is unconfined thereat, and fills up simply theopening B, except as to the edges of a bow-tie, and is also therebyenabled to be brought up to the same top line as the coilar. It permits,by its capacity for manipulation and its unconfined movement, of thequick and easy adjustment of the bow or tie, as will be readilyunderstood, the bow being easily inserted beneath the collar-laps. Theopening B is preferably semi-elliptical. It may, however, be triangular,or of any other form, so made by the manner of cutting the laps.

WVhen a collar is once disordered, so it remains; and our invention, bypermitting of a free unobstructed movement of the collar at its point ofpivot, and of a larger front opening, effectually avoids all theanxieties and bad appearances incidental to the neck attire of thepresent. It adds nothing to the cost of collars, either linen or paper,as hitherto made.

WVe claim the following:

A collar having its outside or turn-down lap cut at the inner corners ofboth ends to form an opening, B, that will allow an unconfined movementof the collar ends upon their pivotfastening 12, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

JOHN G. WALL. OOLA LUDINGTON.

Witnesses:

A. E. H. J oHNsoN, J. W. HAMILTON JOHNSON.

